If Juan Nicasio was feeling any pain, he sure was hiding it well behind that wide smile.

Nicasio made the rounds in the Rockies’ clubhouse Monday afternoon, 10 days after suffering a life-threatening broken neck on the Coors Field mound. The only visible sign of his injury was a neck brace, which earned him some obligatory grief from his teammates.

Just seeing him would have provided a big psychological lift for a team 10 games under .500. But seeing Nicasio healthy and robust was an even more dramatic scene.

“Seeing him full of life, it’s really encouraging,” closer Huston Street said. “Baseball is totally the secondary focus in this matter. When you see someone on the ground, in the moment you assume they’re going to be OK. Then, when you hear how truly close he came to being paralyzed or dead, you thank God for keeping him with us.”

Nicasio fractured his C1 vertebra after being hit in the right temple by a line drive off the bat of Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond on Aug. 5. There’s no overstating the potential fallout from the injury. Suffice it to say that actor Christopher Reeve was paralyzed after injuring his C1.

“I can’t begin to tell you how warm it is in that clubhouse seeing Juan Nicasio walking around here,” manager Jim Tracy said. “This guy is some kind of tough, I’ve got to tell you.”

The Rockies have had medical personnel monitoring Nicasio since his release from a hospital Wednesday. But the visitor he had been hoping to see the most arrived Sunday. That would be his mother, Aurelia Prado.

Said Tracy, “I’m sure it’s really, really good to have Mom here with him.”

Nicasio will have a news conference before today’s game.

Footnotes.

The Rockies agreed to terms with first- round draft pick Tyler Anderson, a left-handed pitcher from the University of Oregon. . . .

Third-base coach Rich Dauer was back at his post after suffering a broken nose Sunday when hit by a thrown ball during a double-play drill. Said Tracy, “We dodged a bullet there.” . . .

The Marlins’ roster includes two former Rockies — Alfredo Amezaga, traded to Florida in early August, and Jose Lopez, who was dumped by the Rockies in May. . . .

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